Win: Steve Finley (9-5) Loss: Roy Harrington (3-5)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jeff Maranville pitching. Len Hesterfer hits a home run. Vern Hippauf strikes out. Johnny Gerner singles past the shortstop. Ed Johnson singles to center field. Johnny Gerner advances to third on the hit. Hank Aurilia singles to left field. Johnny Gerner scores. Ed Johnson advances to third on the hit. Al Miller strikes out. Stan Tobin singles to center field. Ed Johnson scores. Hank Aurilia advances to third on the hit. Jim Smith hits a home run. Hank Aurilia scores. Stan Tobin scores. Jack Roberts comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ron Young pitching. Ian McNulty grounds out to the pitcher. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Gregory walks. Dave Waddell hits a home run. Ed Gregory scores. Eric Kroll flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Len Hesterfer grounds out to the pitcher. Vern Hippauf grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Gerner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Yuuji Iwadate flies out to the right fielder. Yoelvis Carbonell triples. Mike Hawk singles past the shortstop. Yoelvis Carbonell scores. Jack Roberts lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ian McNulty triples. Mike Hawk scores. Gene Farner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joseph Orwell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Johnson doubles to center field. Hank Aurilia singles to left field. Ed Johnson scores. Ray Bishop comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Miller flies out to the right fielder. Stan Tobin strikes out. Jim Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ed Gregory grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Waddell hits a home run. Hajime Yamamoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eric Kroll grounds out to the pitcher. Yuuji Iwadate singles to right field. Yuuji Iwadate steals second. Yoelvis Carbonell pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Hajime Yamamoto flies out to the center fielder. Len Hesterfer grounds out to the shortstop. Vern Hippauf strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Hawk grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Bishop pops out to the second baseman. Ian McNulty strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Johnny Gerner grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Johnson singles to center field. Hank Aurilia singles past the first baseman. Al Miller walks. Stan Tobin grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Johnson scores. Hank Aurilia advances to third on the play. Al Miller advances to second on the play. Alec Worrell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Smith doubles to right field. Hank Aurilia scores. Al Miller scores. Hajime Yamamoto grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joseph Orwell grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Gregory singles to right field. Ed Gregory steals second. Dave Waddell flies out to the center fielder. Eric Kroll hits a home run. Ed Gregory scores. Van LaPalme comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yuuji Iwadate flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Len Hesterfer grounds out to the second baseman. Vern Hippauf singles to center field. Johnny Gerner walks. Ed Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Hank Aurilia singles to left field. Vern Hippauf scores. Gregg Haldeman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Yoelvis Carbonell grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Hawk singles to right field. Joe Blue is pinch hitting for Gregg Haldeman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Joe Blue grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Hawk advances to second on the play. Mike Hawk steals third. Ian McNulty singles to left field. Mike Hawk scores. Gene Smykal comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joseph Orwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jonathan Bohen pitching. Stan Tobin grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Smith strikes out. Bob Brantley is pinch hitting for Gene Smykal. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Brantley lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Steve Finley pitching. Ed Gregory triples. Dave Waddell singles to left field. Ed Gregory scores. Eric Kroll flies out to the right fielder. Yuuji Iwadate walks. Yoelvis Carbonell doubles to center field. Dave Waddell scores. Yuuji Iwadate uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Hawk grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Geddes is pinch hitting for Jonathan Bohen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Tom Geddes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Roy Harrington pitching. Len Hesterfer strikes out. Vern Hippauf strikes out. Johnny Gerner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ian McNulty flies out to the center fielder. Joseph Orwell lines out to the shortstop. Ed Gregory grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ed Johnson walks. Hank Aurilia strikes out. Al Miller singles to left field. Stan Tobin strikes out. Jim Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Dave Waddell grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Kroll grounds out to the shortstop. Yuuji Iwadate flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Steve Finley pops out to the third baseman. Len Hesterfer reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ed Gregory. Vern Hippauf hits a home run. Len Hesterfer scores. Johnny Gerner strikes out. Ed Johnson singles to center field. Hank Aurilia flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Minnesota Yoelvis Carbonell singles to center field. Mike Hawk strikes out. Roy Harrington pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Yoelvis Carbonell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Yoelvis Carbonell (7).3B - Ian McNulty (6), Ed Gregory (11), Yoelvis Carbonell (4).HR - Dave Waddell 2 (25), Eric Kroll (14). Baserunning: SB - Ed Gregory (45), Yuuji Iwadate (12), Mike Hawk (5).CS - Yoelvis Carbonell (3). Fielding: E - Ed Gregory.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Tsutomu Kadota did not respond to coaching in range Irv Barthelson improves in arm Ross Rohr-Beck did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in control John Barrett did not respond to coaching in velocity John Barrett did not respond to coaching in control
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Placido Beck improves in range Steve Kipper improves in control Ed Constable improves in control Mike Benitez improves in power_vs_righty Mike Benitez improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Constable improves in velocity